Since taking over from Brendan Rodgers, Klopp has overseen no fewer than 20 games in all competitions, a figure will that have risen to 25 by the end of this month with games to come in the Premier League, FA Cup and Capital One Cup.

By contrast, Manchester City have had an average of 3.3 days between games during the same period, Tottenham 3.6 days while Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have all had an average of 4.1 days.

It means that English teams have an average of 3.6 days rest between matches over December and January, the same as Spanish clubs.

La Liga’s traditional winter break has been scaled back this season in order to give the national team more time to prepare for Euro 2016.

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As a result, Athletic Bilbao have had an average of just 3.4 days between matches, Real Madrid 4.7 days, and Atletico Madrid, Barcelona Seville, Valencia and Villarreal 3.5 days.

Italian sides will have had an average of 4.9 days between games over December and January. Juventus and Lazio have averaged 4.7 days, Napoli 4.2, Fiorentina 5.2 and Roma 5.2.

German sides have had the most rest between matches at 8.3 days on average.

That figure is heavily influenced by their large winter break though, which runs from 20 December to 22 January this season.

If you remove the winter break, then the average over December and January drops to 3.8 days between matches.

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